Clasp



Jan? 1940- i J. B. FREYSINGER 2,186,410

CLASP Filed May 12, 1938 my my I INVENTOR John 5 Frc 52/2 67: BY

" ATTORN Patented Jan. 9, 1940 R we" reuse I H v H v I JohnB.--Freysinger,;New Britain, Conn., .assignor .to..-North a-and JuddManufacturing .Gompany, New Britain, "Conn, a. corporation'riof.(Jonnecticut Application May 12, iasas'eriai nosizoaass 4 Claims. (01.24-49) The present invention relates to a clasp, and more particularlyto a clasp adapted for use with a preformed tie.

An object of the present invention is a clasp 5 to which a pre-formedtie may be secured and the tie and clasp remo-vably secured to the wingsof a collar; the clasp being so constructed that it will not tear ormutilate the collar material.

A further object is a clasp wherein the collar gripping members thereofare provided with substantially similar, but reverse, curvatures to forma substantially sinuous curve from the top to the bottom edge thereofwith adjacent. gripping fingers having substantially the form of an 8curve.

9 A further object is a clasp which may be stamped from metal and isboth simple and economical to manufacture and rugged in construction.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more indetail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of element, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereafter set forth and the scope of theapplication of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a front view of the clasp relatively positioned with respectto the collar and tie indicated by dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the clasp;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the clasp having a tie secured thereon;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing the position of the grippingfingers when the wing of the collar is inserted therebetween.

Referring to the drawing, the clasp comprises 40 a center member A,adapted to have a tie'B secured thereon, and collar gripping wings Cprojecting laterally from the side edges of the center member A. I

The clasp, for convenience in manufacture, is stamped from a singlepiece of metal, and the center member A is provided withsymmetricallyspaced notches in at its top and bottom edges and openings l2 throughwhich a thread l3 may be passed to secure the tie B to the member A.When so secured, the thread'will be held within notches l0 and sidewiseslipping of the tie relative to the clasp is prevented.

The collar gripping wings C are symmetric-ally positioned to either sideof center member A, and 5;; each wing has a center portion strucktherefrom fingers (see Fig. 4).

"the gripping fingers.

' or tearing the collar, the top and bottom gripclasp is secured ontothe collar the wing material to provide cooperating front and rearcollar gripping members l6 and 18. The frontgripping member i6 isgenerally in the form of a V connected at 19, to center member A, and isthen bent rearwardly therefrom and again forwardly o to provide agripping finger 24 lying intermediate of the upper and lower grippingfingers 20 and 22, with the front face 25 thereof lying slightly forwardof the edges of the upper and lower The outer or free end 26 of finger24 may be turned rearwardly to permit the ready insertion of the collarwing between In order to further reinforce the clasp, there may beprovided a reinforcing rib II extending transversely of the centermember A on the rear face thereof intermediate of the gripping membersl8. v

I In order to prevent the clasp from mutilating pingfingers 20 and 22are given a concavo-convex curvature relative to the front plane of theclasp, whereas the intermediate gripping finger 24 is given a like butreverse curvature. In this way, the clasp is provided with asubstantially sinuous curve from the top edge tothe bottom edge, asindicated in Fig. 4. Because of this curvature, the upper and lowerfingers each form with the intermediate finger a substantially 8 curve,and, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, when the 28 of the collar is given alike curvature, thus eliminating sharp bends in the material andpermitting repeated use of the clasp without tearing or mutilating thecollar.

As many changes could be made inthe above 40 construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontainedin theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawing'shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in ed to have a tie securedthereon, and a plurality of collar gripping fingers projecting from eachside edge or the center member, the cross section finger spacedintermediate of said upper andlower fingers and having a reverseconcavoconvex curvature.

3. A clasp comprising a center member adapted to have a tie securedthereon, and'a plurality of collar gripping fingers projecting aterallyfrom the side edges of the center member, one of said members beinghingedly connected to the center member, and alternate fingers having areverse concavo-convex curvature along the line of gripping engagement.

4. A clasp comprising a center member adapted to have a tie securedthereon, collar-engaging,

means projecting laterally from the side edges thereof and comprisingsubstantially V-shaped gripping members having the legs thereof securedto the center member, and gripping fingers having their inner endsconnected to the center -member intermediate of the legs of the Vmembers and projecting laterally between the legs 4 thereof, the legs ofthe -V member and gripping finger having reversed concavo-convexcurvatures.

JOHN B. FREYSINGER.

